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to the times
From defense plants to hazardous waste
sites, Weldon Spring's history has paralleled that
of the U.S. in the 20th century
to the times
From defense plants to hazardous waste
sites, Weldon Spring's history has paralleled that
of the U.S. in the 20th century
to the times
From defense plants to hazardous waste
sites, Weldon Spring's history has paralleled that
of the U.S. in the 20th century
Jeff Joiner
It's unusual
enough that when motorists driving west on Highway 94 see it they often
do a double take. Rising out of the ground like some kind of brilliant
white ancient burial mound, the dome can easily be seen for miles around.
It draws thousands of curious visitors each year to Weldon Spring despite
the tons of hazardous waste entombed within this huge rock dome.
come in here and say, 'I can see the top of this thing from
my house in Windhaven,' which is a major subdivision up here. 'What
is it?'"says Yvonne Deyo, director of the Weldon Spring Site Interpretive
Center in St. Charles County just south of Highway 40.
The Weldon Spring
site has gone from massive defense plant to abandoned industrial waste
dump to a cleaned up hazardous waste site. Today, it welcomes visitors
to prairies, gardens and bike trails. The site's history is both
sad and encouraging.
Deyo says it surprises
many people that the highest point in St. Charles County is not a rocky
bluff towering above the Missouri River, but the top of the Weldon
Spring waste disposal cell. It might also surprise people that they
can visit the site and climb stairs to the top of the 75-foot tall
mound where placards tell the story of communities that disappeared
in 1940 to make way for the world's
largest explosives factory.
Visitors can also
visit the interpretive center at the base of the 45-acre disposal cell
and learn about the monumental effort to clean up decades of hazardous
waste left behind by the World War II and Cold War defense plants.
Deyo says they will learn the history of this area and experience a
new approach the United States government is taking to clean up hazardous
waste sites it created and educate the public about its efforts.
are one of the first cleanup sites of this type to reach completion," says
Deyo, who adds that because the Weldon Spring site is so close to populated
areas it had to be handled in a unique way. "Most federal cleanup
sites are out West and in places were there aren't a lot of
people. We are very close to a major metropolitan area and that makes
us very different."
One and a half million
cubic yards of hazardous waste were contained in the disposal cell,
a process begun in 1997 and finished in 2001. The remainder of the
site began a transformation from industrial complex to natural tall
grass prairie. Gone are the fences and signs warning of radioactive
"This is a
new approach the Department of Energy has taken to try to continue
long-term community education. Instead of keeping the site closed off
to the public and not having people aware of what is going on here,
bring them in, make them aware of what's
here and what's going to be here."
The completion of
the waste disposal cell in 2001 marked the end of five decades in which
the Weldon Spring site was a crucial part of the country's
national defense, which began just before the outbreak of World
War II. The story's
beginning is a sad one, says Deyo, who adds the area's
fate was sealed in the early 1930s when construction began on
the Daniel Boone Bridge over the Missouri River.
At the turn of
the century this part of St. Charles County was isolated from
nearby St. Louis by the Missouri River. Three small communities,
Hamburg, Howell and Toonerville, were connected to the outside
world by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, which stopped
in Hamburg. In 1937 the Daniel Boone Bridge was completed and
suddenly southern St. Charles County had a direct route into
St. Louis. It was a project many locals lobbied for, believing
it would bring opportunities to the county.
Instead, it brought
the U.S. Army.
"In October
of 1940 the townspeople found out, by reading it in newspapers, that
the Army was going to take 17,000 acres of land through eminent domain
and they had three months to leave their homes and their property forever," Deyo
By early 1940, even
before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, it was apparent the United
States would eventually be drawn into World War II and the Department
of the Army began to prepare. The Army wanted to find an isolated spot
with access to a large labor pool where they could build
a giant plant to manufacture TNT and DNT explosives.
area in St. Charles County surrounding the towns of Hamburg,
Howell and Toonerville fit the bill. Following an emergency
order, more than 500 residents began to move out.
"People were
not happy about being pushed from their land, but most knew what
they (the government) were doing was right for the country," says
Lillian Yahn grew
up in Howell and remembers the turmoil the resettlement caused.
"It was shocking news," says Yahn, who moved with her family to Troy
when the government bought their property. "You
can imagine if someone told you, 'We want
your property and you have to be out in two months.' It
would bewilder you. And yet people knew they had
to go. When the government said you had to do something,
you did it. War was imminent."
The Army immediately
began demolishing and burning hundreds of homes,
businesses, churches, schools and any other buildings
within the 17,000 acres and within a few months
the three towns ceased to exist.
The Weldon Spring
Ordnance Works, operated by Atlas Powder Company, began production
in 1941 and, at its peak, employed more than 5,000 people
and contained more than 1,000 buildings. By the
time the plant ceased production on Aug. 15,
1945, the day the Japanese surrendered, it had
produced more than 700 million pounds of TNT.
After the war the
Army began selling off pieces of the original 17,000 acres. The Missouri
Department of Conservation bought 7,000 acres, with a donation from
August Busch, while the University of Missouri bought another 7,000
acres which was later sold to the Conservation Department. These
pieces of property are today the Busch Memorial Conservation Area and
the Weldon Spring Conservation Area.
The Army kept 2,000
acres and it was there the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission built a uranium
ore processing plant in 1955. The Weldon Spring Uranium Feed Mill Plant,
operated by Mallinckrodt Chemical Works of St. Louis, did not produce
weapons grade uranium, as is often thought, but instead processed raw
uranium ore into "yellow cake," or concentrated ore which
was shipped to other sites.
The processing plant
operated until 1966. During the Vietnam War the Army planned to
use part of the old uranium processing facilities
to produce Agent Orange, a herbicide used
to defoliate jungle during the war. The Army
later abandoned the plan without ever producing
the chemical at Weldon Spring. The site,
empty and decaying, sat abandoned for more
than 20 years, but still contained contaminated equipment
and hazardous chemicals.
In the 1980s the
U.S. Department of Energy took over the site and began studying ways
to clean up hazardous and radioactive waste left there. Waste lagoons
on the site contained thousands of gallons of water contaminated with
radioactive wastes and heavy industrial metals as well as hundreds
of drums, some empty and some filled with unidentified chemicals. A
nearby quarry contained hazardous materials dumped there over many
years while the abandoned uranium processing plant buildings themselves
were widely contaminated.
Next began a long,
often controversial process involving the Department of Energy, state
and county governments and thousands of area residents that led, in
1992, to an ambitious plan to clean up the Weldon Spring site and move
all contaminated materials to a 45-acre site and enclose it in the
waste disposal cell designed to safely contain the materials for 1,000
The Weldon Spring
site has now come full circle, says Pam Thompson, the former Department
of Energy site administrator.
"The project
has taken many years but we have been able to clean up a hazardous
waste site and create in its place a prairie that's open to the
public and returns a piece of St. Charles
County to what it once looked like before European settlement," says
What was once a giant
explosives factory covering thousands of acres
is now a 200-acre site surrounded
by thousands of acres of public land
for hunting, fishing, hiking and
bicycling. In an odd twist in the
story, Deyo says it's likely
that original 17,000 acres
of land would have been developed into towns and subdivisions like much of
St. Charles County to the north.
"The Weldon Spring Ordnance Works actually
made the preservation of thousands of acres of green space possible in St.
Charles County," says Deyo. "I
guess if it wasn't for
all that land bought by the
Army, it would probably be
houses today."
The Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center is located on Highway 94
just south of Highway 40. For more information call the center at (636)
300-0012 or visit the Web site www.wssrap.com.


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PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) Damion Lee scored 13 of his 21 points in the second half as Drexel rallied for a 64-57 nonconference victory over Princeton on Saturday.
Lee's 3-pointer with 2:04 remaining broke a 57-57 tie and put the Dragons (3-6) ahead to stay.
After Ian Hummer, Clay Wilson and T.J. Bray all missed shots for the Tigers (3-5), two free throws by Daryl McCoy increased Drexel's lead to five points, 62-57, with 18 seconds left.
The Dragons shot 63.2 percent (12 of 19) in the second half, including all three tries from 3-point range, after shooting 40 percent (10 of 25) in the first. They trailed 32-25 at halftime.
Hummer scored 14 of his 19 points for Princeton in the first half and moved into 10th place on the Tigers' career scoring list with 1,290 points.
Dartaye Ruffin added 12 points for Drexel, and Wilson had 12 for Princeton.

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The New Orleans Graveyard Rabbit
Given that philosophy, there's always a reason to have a party in New Orleans, and funerals are no different. To the usual wake and mass we add jazz and second lines- parades to and from the grave site to see your loved ones off with a smile and a good hip-shaking, soul-affirming boogie. From the most affluent citizen to the very poorest, everyone has a different unique tradition, and death truly is a family affair.
For instance it definitely pays to make nice with your annoying Uncle Bill before he dies, because you'll likely be spending eternity with him in a very real way, given that most burials here are in family tombs. Most have just 2 vaults inside, but they're used dozens of times with the remains of the previous occupants moved down into the base to mingle with those of their ancestors.


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Classic Traveller is inspired by Science Fiction before cyber-technology started to appear (with a few exceptions) in Science Fiction. So, in Classic Traveller there are no rules for cybertech.
There was a short article series in JTAS #02, #03 and #04 that talked about the differences between robots, cyborgs, androids, etc. We had to wait until the book 2300 AD Earth/Cybertech Sourcebook for 2300AD before GDW produced any good rules for cybertech, But this was for another RPG and not for Traveller and only 13 pages of that book was about different types of cybertech.
Cybertech might not fit well (if it is common) in the OTU. But for an ATU that needs a more modern feel, rules for cybertech are needed. Terra/Sol Games has produced a book that fills the gap; Techbook: Chrome.
Chrome is a well-known cyberpunk term, known from William Gibson's Burning Chrome. It's clever title for this book.
The book is written by John D. Lees, who Michel Cross wrote about in an earlier post.
The contents in the book are just what you expect, and more. There are rules covering Cybernetic Replacements and Biologicals and Accessories and Cyborgs and Cyrgeware.
Cybernetic Replacements is just what you expect it is. Biologicals is the same but these replacement are grown from organic tissue. You can buy biological upgrades and combine it with the cybertech. This can make your setting really feel like Bladerunner.
The Accessories section of the book are about improvements or additions of the body to add a function that a normal person doesn't have. These can be both Cybernetic and Biological additions.
The Cyborg section of the book is about cyborgs. A cyborg is defined as an individual whose brain (and possibly other organs) have been placed in a robotic shell. This section of the book discusses lots of aspects of being a cyborg, including braincase, "food" and combat.
The section called Cyrgeware is about the ability to be able to change something (a function or appearance) within your body.
Most of the illustrations in the book are in grayscale and are really good. There are a few in color but only one (showing a sexy cyborg) except the cover is worth mentioning.
An alternative for this book would be 2300 AD Earth/Cybertech Sourcebook for 2300AD or Supplement 8: Cybernetics from Mongoose. But in my opinion, Techbook: Chrome is more interesting. It would be very useful in an ATU where you want cybertech to be more prominent.


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Video from his day was featured in the Life in a Day documentary.
Roughly 2 million children and teachers in Latin America are currently part of an OLPC project, with another 500,000 in Africa and the rest of the world. Our largest national partners include Uruguay (the first major country in the world to provide every elementary school child with a laptop), Peru (our largest deployment, involving over 8,300 schools), Argentina, Mexico, and Rwanda. Other significant projects have been started in Gaza, Afghanistan, Haiti, Ethiopia, and Mongolia. Every school represent a learning hub, a node in a globally shared resource for learning.
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Guitar Hero publisher Activision has already announced its intentions to take a breather from the music game genre in 2011, now it appears that the Rock Band team will cool its heels as well. But there's some good news for Rock Band 3 owners.
Chris Rigopulos, VP of Strategy and Business Development for Rock Band creators Harmonix, tells Game Informer that company is "not planning a Rock Band 4 disc release in 2011."
Instead, it will focus its efforts on delivering fresh and new Rock Band 3 downloadable goods.
"Rock Band 3 is a big game with lots of available music content and lots of new goals and challenges," the other Rigopulos explains. "We want to give our fans the time to explore that fully. But rest assured that Harmonix is still developing new ideas and concepts to advance the Rock Band franchise, and we look forward to sharing those when the time is right."
What Harmonix will release for its fans is new music from Foo Fighters, Lady Gaga, and Ozzy Osbourne starting in May. Also coming is the "epic 13-minute jam" Peter Frampton's "Do You Feel Like We Do," plucked from Frampton Comes Alive.
Harmonix surely has something else up its sleeve in 2011, if nothing more than an expected follow-up to Kinect hit Dance Central.
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Primus Ribbing: Claypool on how to be a goofball--- er, satireball
In the early and mid '90s, Les Claypool quickly became a major influence on an entire generation of bassists when his band hit it big on mainstream alt-rock radio. This was fairly unreasonable, actually, since Primus struck an unsettlingly bizarre balance between dark humor and scratchy fits of borderline-atonal funk-metal, seemingly fit for a deranged Tim Burton film. The band's breakthrough releases were called, respectively, Sailing the Seas of Cheese and Pork Soda, and both were remarkable hits when one factors in the considerable weirdo factor. Their best-known piece turned up in 1997, when they handed the producers of South Park a new lopsidedly jangling theme song–- still in use today. Given that Claypool prefers his humor both subversive and demented, that one makes a bit more sense.
The Hook: Do you ever feel like your humor gets in the way?
Les Claypool: It's a huge part of my life–- to laugh in the face of disaster. And if you look at Primus lyrics, there's a lot of demons in there from my past, different elements of my family and how they dealt with addiction and whatnot. I think one of the most powerful motivating elements throughout history in society has been satire.
The Hook: I said "humor," and you came back with "satire"–- an interesting distinction.
Les Claypool: I somewhat cringe when I hear the term "silly" or "wacky," because that's never been our intention. The first song I ever wrote for Primus is called "Too Many Puppies," and it's all about puppies as a metaphor for young soldiers fighting for our oil fields in the Middle East. There's an image in my head, there's a character I see, there's something that inspired me, a friend of mine that hung himself in his apartment many years ago for no apparent reason, or my uncle dying in the bathroom from doing speed his whole life. I would be uncomfortable in the Bob Dylan role, sitting there with an acoustic guitar spewing my philosophy on social and political elements in society.
The Hook: Should this band have been as successful as it was, or does Primus work better as an underground thing?
Les Claypool: We never expected to be on the radio, let alone MTV.
The Hook: And "South Park" reached many more people than proper Primus material.
Les Claypool: We did it because we thought it was clever and funny.
The Hook: So is Primus the South Park of the rock world, or is South Park the Primus of the cartoon world?
Les Claypool: We're more the Dudley Do-Rights of the rock world.
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"I've been to hell. I spell it...I spell it DMV
Anyone that's been there knows precisely what I mean
I've stood in line and waited near an hour and fifteen..."
Les Claypool is my personal savior.
You want to bank on that Col. Forbin?
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the article may be boring, but the show will be epic. With Gogol Bordello opening, any rock fan would be a fool to miss this one.


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Today the crew woke up with the heavens crying their eyes out….Damn!…After checking the weather report it seemed to be some what scattered showers so the hunt bean for dry spots. Got it! Sure enough dry spots were found. Click the thumbnail for more pics.
1 It's raining out
2 One hour later….it's still raining out
3 Zarosh has unique taste
4 Patrick Melcher
5 Bricks dry fast. This is our first stop of the day
6 Second spot
7 The third spot is a secret spot that is way out in the cuts
8 Matt Swinski looks through the trash at the secret spot
9 Score
10 Melcher was creeping around
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13 2:30am,Mission complete
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Apparently this is becoming an annual rite — the defending of Florida's future from the negative, hyperbolic attacks of the national media.
What is it that makes the mainstream media savor the idea that Florida is doomed, that it's over, that the model based on growth has been a failure? There seems to be such glee in the stories, and such shoddy, agenda-like journalism in the reporting.
Last summer, Time magazine wrote a piece entitled, "Is Florida the Sunset State?" in which the story went on to remove the question mark. It was a disingenuous piece riddled with half-truths and was not hard to discredit.
Now USA Today has done much the same story, using as a news peg the University of Florida's report that the state declined by 58,000 people during the past year. The headline — "End of an era" is a quote from a Virginia Tech population guy — a long way to go to get the desired quote.
What both stories lack is the requisite overarching context that would put some of the statistics they use in an entirely different light. But then, if they had done that, they would not have had the doom-and-gloom story to print.
For starters, the USA Today story focuses solely on Florida, ignoring any contextual comparisons with other fast- and faster-growing states such as Arizona and Nevada — both of which have grown faster than Florida for several years and both of which have also been slammed. In fact, Las Vegas, the population driver for Nevada, may have shrunk in population last year — even before Florida.
However, none of this is in the USA Today story.
Next, the lead to the story is how nice the drive is up A1A, with the beaches, palm trees and condos, and then the jarring difference inland at a career counseling center where the parking lot is jammed with jobless people looking to change careers. Well, um, we're in a national recession! That scene is being repeated in most states and probably in spades in Nevada and Arizona.
The story claims Florida is not attracting the retirees at the rate it used to and that young people are not being drawn to all the jobs here, either. Did I already mention we are in a recession? Are any states magnets for young job-seekers right now? And the rate of retirees coming to Florida has always tracked with the housing markets in the feeder states up north, and those markets are all in the tank like Florida's.
People are not going to be able to retire and move to Florida if they cannot sell their houses in Illinois.
This also is not in the story.
Next, the story claims that the state was a dream destination for decades because of "affordable housing in a fast-growing state, no state income tax, a sunny climate and the advent of air conditioning … "
The median price of a house in Florida has fallen from the bubble peak of $248,300 in 2006 to $147,600 now, making the state look pretty affordable. Last I knew, there is still no state income tax, air conditioning still works and the sun is still shining.
That leaves only the "fast-growing" part, so let's deal with it.
The USA Today story, like many others, points out that the population decline is the first since the end of World War II, when thousands of servicemen based in Florida went home. It also points out that the largest source of Florida newcomers, from the Northeast, dropped nearly in half from its peak five years ago — I'm surprised we are still attracting them at a 50% clip given the economic and housing conditions. The story states that the drop comes "as the state's allure faded."
Compared to whom? The population migration from North to South and Southwest overall was slowing in that period. The huge housing bubble — fostered in large part let's not forget, through Washington, D.C., policies and politicians and by careless bankers and greedy homebuyers and investors — created unaffordable housing in these markets, knocking down demand at those prices levels during the first part of those five years. Then the recession (did I mention the recession?) kicked the legs out from under remaining demand during the second portion of the timeframe.
And further, the population explosion from 2004-2006 was part of the housing bubble and was not supportable. These were macro economic and political drivers. By not putting this in any context, the article makes it a phenomenon unique to Florida, when Florida was clearly being knocked around by much larger forces.
Later, referring to the population increases the state had enjoyed, the story says, "Now that it's gone … "
See? Florida is done. It's over. After gaining more than 2 million people since 2000, we lose 58,000 in a terrible recession after a historic housing, construction and population bubble , and now it's gone.
That is just bad agenda-driven reporting.
The decline of 58,000 — a fraction of a percent of the state's population — probably has as much to do with the size of the temporary bubble that drew so many people as it does any idea that an era is over.
Honestly, we haven't experienced a real estate bubble like that one since the 1920s, and hopefully we never will again.
Buried deep in the story, more than 25 paragraphs in, there are a few baubles tossed out about improved education, the success of the I-4 high-tech medical and bioscience corridor and a rebounding housing market.
Sorry, that just does not cover the "balanced story" base. The agenda was accomplished, the damage done.
It's probably too much to hope that these anti-success, anti-growth stories won't continue. Just remember there is usually a universe of data that is not being reported, so as to conform them to the preconceived story line.
Rod Thomson is executive editor of the Gulf Coast Business Review and can be reached at [email protected].
Apparently this is becoming an annual rite — the defending of Florida's future from the negative, hyperbolic attacks of the national media.


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'America in Prime Time' review: Culture reflected
America in Prime Time: Four-part documentary. 8 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 20 on PBS.
The title of the new PBS documentary "America in Prime Time" may suggest it's only about the history of television. In fact it is much more than that: By examining the genesis of four distinct character types in TV over the past 60 years, the four-part film tells us as much about the evolution of American culture and values during that time as it does about TV itself.
Premiering Sunday with the hour-long segment "Independent Woman," "America in Prime Time" continues for the following three Sundays with "Man of the House," "The Misfit" and "The Crusader." Don't mistake this for the kind of once-over-lightly TV nostalgia show PBS programs for pledge weeks: "America in Prime Time" is a thoughtful and thought-provoking keeper.
At first glance, it may seem simplistic to categorize six decades of TV history into those four areas, but "Prime Time" is so thorough, you'll be hard-pressed to think of much that may have fallen through the cracks. Sure, "Bonanza" could have been included instead of "The Rifleman" in "The Crusader" segment, but the filmmakers of The Documentary Group have not only made smart choices about which shows to reference, but assembled a superior group of actors, writers, producers and network executives to offer unusually insightful commentary.
Each of the four parts of "Prime Time" opens with a present-day reference - in "The Independent Woman," Archie Panjabi of "The Good Wife" talks about her steamy character - and then journeys back to the early days of the medium. In the disturbingly idealized TV portrait of the American family in the '50s, June Cleaver wore pearls, and Donna Reed always had dinner ready when her husband announced his return to their perfect suburban house with the words "Honey, I'm home." Ozzie Nelson never seemed to have a job, but it was still left to Harriet to run the household.
"The Mary Tyler Moore" show is often cited as a milestone in the emergence of the independent woman, but, in fact, that show's star began to blaze a trail of self-sufficiency earlier as co-star of "The Dick Van Dyke Show." She may not have had a career outside the home, but she dared to wear capri pants and was more of an equal partner in her marriage than her predecessors in the '50s. Still, show creator Carl Reiner regrets that he didn't allow Laura Petrie greater independence.
More leeway
By the time James L. Brooks and Allan Burns created newswoman Mary Richards for Moore, the network was willing to accept that the character was unmarried but would not allow her to be divorced for fear people would think she'd split from Dick Van Dyke. However, the writers did get away with having Mary make unspecific but also unmistakable reference to taking birth control pills.
The times were changing, both on TV and, of course, in the country.
From there, it's fascinating to watch the walls tumble, with shows such as "Murphy Brown" and "Roseanne" pushing to reflect the reality of women's roles and status in society.
"America in Prime Time" offers similar analyses of the evolution of men, beginning with a look at the '50s "Father Knows Best"-style family shows, where men were always heroic and reliable. By the '60s, the tables had begun to turn and Dad was often portrayed as a bumbling airhead. As the world became more complicated, Dad was less sure of his proper role. By the 1990s, when Dad was Tony Soprano, that meant going to a shrink.
The two other sections - "The Misfit," which looks at TV's enduring love affair with oddballs, and "The Crusader," which emphasizes the theme of heroism (or, later on, with shows like "Dexter," distinct anti-heroism) - are equally illuminating.
What isn't directly stated but impossible to overlook is that when it comes to TV, art has always been reactive, rather than pioneering, when it comes to social evolution. That isn't to say that TV hasn't taken chances over the decades. Far from it. Through Felicity Huffman's character, Lynette, "Desperate Housewives" dared to show that being a mom was not an ideal state of bliss for every woman. And "Seinfeld" got away with a whole episode ("The Contest") about masturbation back in the dark ages of the 1990s. Today, of course, "vagina" and "penis" are ubiquitously easy laughs for lazy sitcom writers.
Playing catch-up
But in most cases, TV's role has been to play catch-up with what's been going on in the real world. As Jerry Seinfeld used to say, "Not that there's anything wrong with that." In fact, this is how television has not only functioned but also thrived. What the medium does best is to raise its finger to test wind direction, and then to explain us to ourselves, in a way. And, with commentators such as Moore, Brooks, Roseanne Barr, Warren Littlefield, David Milch, Diane English, Matt Weiner, Jon Hamm and Mary-Louise Parker, just to name a few, "America in Prime Time" charts exactly how the medium has done that.
Viewers could identify with Roseanne Connor's weariness at having to balance taking care of a blue-collar home with her job as a waitress. They could feel the survivor's guilt that ate away at Tommy Gavin's soul on "Rescue Me" after 9/11. They've nodded with recognition as "Modern Family" has mirrored the expanding and evolving definition of what a family is in the 21st century.
By reflecting the complexities of life, TV has tapped into our shared history and enhanced our understanding of it. That's just one of the reasons it remains not only a dominant medium, but a valuable participant in American life.
All in prime time.
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Gary Cannalte
Gary Cannalte is a Meteorologist at WISC-TV.
Hometown: Hoffman Estates, Illinois
High School: James B. Conant High School-Class of 1979
College: Northern Illinois University: Bachelor of Science-Meteorology, Minor-Communication Studies, August 1987
Other Journalism Experience: WJFW-TV Rhinelander, WI, July 1988-September 1990
Started at WISC-TV on: September 24, 1990
What is your favorite part about living in Madison?
I like the fact that Madison can appeal to so many people. I grew up in the Chicago suburbs, lived in the city of Chicago for a time, lived in a farm community in college, lived in a small northern Wisconsin town for my first TV job, and Madison has elements that remind me of all those places I once called home.
What is the biggest news story that you've covered?
There have been several: the big blizzard of December 3, 1990; the Town of Dunn tornado of March 27, 1991; the Southern Dane County tornado of June 17, 1992; the Madison tornado of June 23, 2004; the Stoughton tornado of August 18, 2005.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Watch baseball (Chicago Cubs fan), bowling, amateur radio.
What is your family life like? Significant other, married, children?
My wife, Jean Marty, is a seventh grade Language Arts teacher at Savanna Oaks Middle School in Fitchburg; my son Charlie will be in fourth grade at Sugar Creek Elementary School in Verona.
What is your favorite kind of ice cream?
Plain old vanilla.
What is the funniest thing that?s ever happened to you?
Falling flat on my face trying to score from third in a softball game at the old Billy Rowe Field in Verona in front of my future wife and in-laws.
What is your favorite place to vacation?
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Who is your hero and why?
My parents. My dad Gary Sr. was an electrical engineer for Motorola who could design, fix, or build almost anything, and my mom Mary Ann was always proud of me and believed I could do anything.
What was your favorite band when you were in high school?
The Carpenters and C.W. McCall.
What is your favorite sport to play or watch?
Baseball, with bowling a close second.
If you could possess one superhuman power, what would it be?
Strength…with it, I'd still be playing softball or baseball.
What are you really bad at that you'd love to be great at?
Typing…I still type with two fingers.
What is your most memorable travel experience?
Going to Hawaii with my wife in 1997. The trip got off to a rocky start with cancelled flights and misplaced baggage, but once we settled in, it was a relaxing vacation.
What is the worst job you have ever had?
I've never had a bad job…I could always adapt to just about anything.
Who would you most like to interview alive or dead, and why?
The late Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko. I read his column religiously every day, and they are as interesting to read today as they were 40 years ago.
What is your favorite tradition around the holidays?
Celebrating with my family and my wife's family. It's nice to see everyone, and the food is always good!
What is your favorite song of all time?
"Only Yesterday" by The Carpenters.
What is your favorite movie of all time?
A tie: Airport and Smokey and the Bandit.
What is your favorite book of all time?
Nice Guys Finish Last by Leo Durocher (baseball).
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Always try to be kind to everyone…it costs you nothing, and it could mean everything to the other person.
If you could relive any moment, what would that be?
My wedding day…what a great day!
Where were you when Sept. 11, 2001 occurred?
I was getting Charlie ready to take him to day care when I turned the TV on just in time to see the second plane hit the World Trade Center…I knew that was no accident. At work there wasn't much for me to do but stay out of the way and watch the reports as they came in. I compiled a document of all of the news of 9/11 as it came in on the Associated Press wires…even reading it today gives me the chills as I had when everything was happening.


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Ivorian refugees in Liberia relocate away from border regions
TitleIvorian refugees in Liberia relocate away from border regions
On 18 February 2011, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) transported 93 Ivorian refugees from Liberia's border villages to a refugee camp in Bahn, Nimba County. The mayor of Bahn welcomed the five-truck convoy, marking the first wave of a project that plans to relocate 15,000 refugees over the coming weeks, according to UNHCR. As of 18 February, a total of 38,257 refugees have been registered in Nimba County.
According to Liberia United Nations Country Team Situation Report No. 4, most refugees want to be relocated to Bahn camp instead of other small villages. In border villages, an estimated 39,000 people have benefited from improved water sources, but sanitation and health resources are problematic. UNICEF has thus far supplied water purification tablets, jerry-cans, and soap for 15,000 people.
Humanitarian assistance targeting Bahn camp and other relocation villages is underway, including UNICEF agreements with local organizations to improve access to water, sanitation and hygiene for 40,000 people. UNICEF will also support Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) development projects in Bahn camp through the supply of drilling, pumping, and water treatment equipment. WHO and UNFPA are contributing to the distribution of drugs and medical supplies, and MSF Belgium and Save the Children have identified sites for a new Bahn camp health post and school in partnership with UNHCR.
However, challenges continue to persist with providing resources for newly arriving refugees. Health facilities and WASH supplies at Bahn camp are strained, and as HRC for Liberia Moustapha Soumare stressed when the UN and IOM launched the flash appeal for Liberia in January, "The increasing presence of refugees is already putting a strain on the Liberian communities hosting them."
There are also challenges to overcome with relocation, as only two of ten bridges crucial to the response effort have been rehabilitated, and the rainy season is expected to further impede access to remote villages in April.


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Shark Wheels are a "new" kind of wheel for your skateboards. They're still sort of round, but they're made from a complex shape that sort of forms a cube. Kind of. We're not too clear on the geometry, and clearly there's still some roundness here or there wouldn't be much rolling. But the point is that Shark Wheels are supposed to be better than traditional wheels.
It has less surface area touching the ground on hard surfaces, allowing for low rolling resistance. The alternating path can bite into soft terrain, meaning it can roll seamlessly in soft surfaces. The alternating center of gravity allows for superior high-speed stability, eliminating speed-wobble that occurs from the geometry of normal wheels.
When used on hard surfaces, the Shark Wheel produces a low friction profile similar to a high performance, low rolling resistance tire. This allows for less energy to be used as the contact patch is very small.
We're not entirely convinced we aren't just looking at regular wheels with wobbly sides and treads, but if this translates into a better ride for anyone, then great. They're on Kickstarter right now where $50 will get you a set of 4 longboard wheels.
You decide if any of this makes any sense. We've included a video after the jump, so feel free to check that out.
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Nov 3, 2017
Intake Coordinator & Clinical Billing Liaison
Sarah Tiffany began her relationship with Fairview Recovery Services, Inc in 2015 by completing her internship at Fairview's Supportive Living Program. Sarah transitioned from her internship experience to becoming as a full time Case Manager in Fairview's Supportive Living Program. She served as Case Manager before being promoted to Intake Coordinator of the Residential Rehabilitation Program for a year. Sarah currently holds the position as Fairview's Residential Rehabilitation Intake Coordinator and Clinical Billing Liaison. Sarah graduated with honors from SUNY Broome with an Associates in Chemical Dependency Counseling and achieved her CASAC-T.
MSEd, CASAC Master Counselor
Director of Residential & Clinical Supervision
Alan Taylor earned Master of Science degrees in both Educational Psychology & Statistics and Rehabilitation Counseling from the University at Albany. He has also studied chemical dependency counseling at Sage Graduate School. His undergraduate work (B.A.) in psychology and art was done at the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh. He is both a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) and a Credentialled Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC2). His past credentials include: Certified Co-Occurring Disorders Professional-Diplomate (in Pennsylvania) and Certified Criminal Justice Professional. He enjoys attending professional conferences and trainings and has presented papers at certain regional conferences.
He has worked in the addictions field for many years, primarily in outpatient settings such as the Addictions Care Center of Albany, Creative Health Services (where he was head counselor) and the County of Oswego Council on Alcoholism and Addictions. Prior to coming to Fairview, he created and developed vocational rehabilitation programs in two chemical dependency outpatient rehabilitation programs in the Albany area. Alan has also developed and facilitated co-occurring disorder groups.


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"Our armed forces at the border region responded to this atrocious attack with artillery fire on points in Syria that were detected with radar, in line with the rules of engagement," the Turkish government said in a statement from the prime minister's office.
The artillery fire capped a day that began with four bombs tearing through a government-held district in Syria's commercial and cultural capital of Aleppo, killing more than 30 people and reducing buildings to rubble.
Along the volatile border, a shell fired from inside Syria landed on a home in the Turkish village of Akcakale, killing a woman, her three daughters and another woman, and wounding at least 10 others, according to Turkish media.
The shelling appeared to come from forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, which is fighting rebels backed by Turkey in an escalating civil war.
"Turkey, acting within the rules of engagement and international laws, will never leave unreciprocated such provocations by the Syrian regime against our national security," the office of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement.
Turkish media said Turkey has prepared a parliamentary bill for Syria that is similar to one that authorizes the Turkish military to intervene in northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish militants who have bases there. The bill is expected to be discussed in parliament on Thursday, Anadolu agency reported.
If approved, the bill could more easily open the way to unilateral action by Turkey's armed forces inside Syria, without the involvement of its Western and Arab allies.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the U.S. was "outraged that the Syrians have been shooting across the border," adding that she would speak with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on the matter.
"It's a very, very dangerous situation," Clinton said. "And all responsible nations need to band together to persuade the Assad regime to have a cease-fire, quit assaulting their own people and begin the process of a political transition."
NATO's National Atlantic Council, which is composed of the alliance's ambassadors, held an emergency meeting in Brussels Wednesday night at Turkey's request to discuss the cross-border incident.
The meeting ended with a statement strongly condemning the attack and saying: "The alliance continues to stand by Turkey and demands the immediate cessation of such aggressive acts against an ally." It also urged the Syrian regime to "put an end to flagrant violations of international law."
NATO also held an emergency meeting when a Turkish jet was shot down by Syria in June, killing two pilots.
Turkey wants to avoid going into Syria on its own. It has been pushing for international intervention in the form of a safe zone, which would likely entail foreign security forces on the ground and a partial no-fly zone. However, the allies fear military intervention in Syria could ignite a wider conflict, and few observers expect robust action from the United States, which Turkey views as vital to any operation in Syria, ahead of the presidential election in November.
According to Turkey's NTV station, the Syrian information ministry said it had launched an investigation into Wednesday's shelling and expressed sorrow for the deaths of Turkish civilians. But it urged Turkey to prevent the cross-border infiltration of what it called terrorists.
Turkey, which has moved military reinforcements to the border in recent months, has more than 90,000 Syrian refugees in camps along its border, and also hosts Syrian opposition groups.
There is concern in Turkey that the Syrian chaos could have a destabilizing effect on Turkey's own communities; some observers have attributed a sharp rise in violence by Kurdish rebels in Turkey to militant efforts to take advantage of the regional uncertainty.
Calling Wednesday's shelling "yet another example of the depraved behavior of the Syrian regime and why it must go," Pentagon press secretary George Little said the U.S. would continue to monitor the situation closely.
One senior U.S. official said that while the exchange of fire between Syria and Turkey is problematic, it will not necessarily trigger a NATO response under Article 5, which states that an attack against one NATO member shall be considered an attack against all members.
The official said that NATO action is unlikely given the scale of the shellings so far between the two nations. But the official said that could change if the violence begins to greatly escalate. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly on the sensitive deliberations.
Turkey's Anadolu news agency quoted the governor of Sanliurfa province, Celattin Guven, as saying three or four shells fell on the border village and one hit a house, killing the women and children. The wounded included two police officers who were shown in television footage lying in the street as colleagues tended to them.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Aleppo bombings earlier in the day, but the government blamed its opponents, saying the huge explosions were caused by suicide attackers. The technique is a signature of al-Qaida-style jihadist groups, some of which are known to have entered Syria's civil war to fight against the regime.
"It was like a series of earthquakes," a shaken resident told The Associated Press, asking that his name not be used out of fear for his personal safety. "It was terrifying, terrifying."
The Syrian government said the bombings killed 34 people and injured 122 - although death tolls have been difficult to verify. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a network of activists on the ground, said at least 40 people were killed.
The state-run Ikhbariya TV channel showed massive damage around Saadallah al-Jabri Square, which also houses a famous hotel and a coffee shop that had been popular with regime forces. One building appeared to have been leveled and the facade of another was torn away.
The station broadcast video of several bodies, including one being pulled from a collapsed building. Rescuers stood atop piles of concrete and debris, frantically trying to pull out survivors.
Activists could not reach the area, which is controlled by security forces and sealed off with checkpoints.
The uprising against Assad began in March 2011 and gradually became a bloody civil war. The conflict has killed more than 30,000 people, activists say, and has devastated entire neighborhoods in Syria's main cities, including Aleppo.
Syria's government has always blamed the uprising on what it calls foreign terrorists, despite months of peaceful protests that turned violent after repeated attacks by security forces. The transformation of the conflict into an open war has given an opportunity to foreign fighters and extremists, analysts say.
The Syrian opposition denies any links to terrorists, but a Sunni extremist group called Jabhat al-Nusra, or Victory Front, has claimed responsibility for bombings in the past.
After Wednesday's blasts in Aleppo, regime forces unleashed shelling on rebel-held areas and fired machine guns from aircraft, according to an Associated Press journalist in the city, Syria's largest with a population of 3 million.
At least 15 people wounded by shelling arrived with serious injuries at the city's Shifa Hospital. All but one were civilians. Three bodies - an old man, a woman and a middle school-age boy - also were taken to the hospital.
Rebel fighters, many with only light weapons, advanced slowly, moving building by building. The heavier weapons, such as rocket-propelled-grenade launchers, were sent to the front lines to prevent the regime from retaking areas seized by rebels in the past two months.
Wednesday's attacks were the latest turn in the deadly - and increasingly chaotic - fight for control of Aleppo, one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities.
Long free of the violence that has engulfed much of the rest of the country in the first year of the uprising, Aleppo was struck by two suicide car bombings at security compounds in February, killing 28 people. Such attacks targeting security agencies and soldiers have become common in Syria, particularly in the capital of Damascus.
In the past two months, Aleppo has become a key battleground. The opposition launched an offensive on the city in July, and large swaths have been shattered.
Rebels last week announced a new push to capture Aleppo, which would be a major strategic prize and give the victor new momentum. It also would provide the opposition with a base and easy logistical supply lines with Turkey to the north that would allow them to carry out their fight against the regime in the rest of the country.
Aleppo-based activist Mohammad Saeed said Wednesday's blasts went off minutes apart and appeared to be car bombs and were followed by clashes and heavy gunfire.
Syrian state TV said three suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in Saadallah al-Jabri Square, near an officers' club. The square holds symbolic importance for residents because it is named after a Syrian independence fighter who resisted French occupation.
Activists and Syrian state media said a fourth car bomb went off a few hundred meters (yards) away in the Bab Jnein area near the Old City. It was not immediately clear how many casualties there were from that blast.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said mortars also targeted the nearby political security department around the same time of the bombings.
Syria's Interior Ministry vowed to "track down the perpetrators anywhere." The speaker of the Syrian parliament, Mohammad Jihad al-Lahham, told the assembly that he condemns "the countries that conspire against Syria and stand behind the terrorists."
Torchia reported from Istanbul. Associated Press writers Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey; Zeina Karam in Beirut; Manu Brabo in Aleppo, Syria; Albert Aji in Damascus, Syria; Don Melvin in Brussels; and Lolita Baldor and Bradley Klapper in Washington contributed to this report.


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Color: Yellow
Color: Yellow
Mileage: 8,000. I bought it with almost 5,000.
Pet name: "My Girl," because I can't think of one yet
Value: 30 something
Under the hood: All stock so far. Cold air intake coming soon.
Origin: Asbury Park, N.J. This lady was won in AC by a guy who drove it for three months or so; he traded it in because it was too much car for him.
Special features: SLP exhaust with X pipe
Favorite place to cruise: Anywhere with my Camaro friends
Favorite cruise music: Hip-hop to Motley Crue
Dream car: ZL1 and Z06
Other ride: 2004 GMC Yukon
What bugs you about other drivers? People who don't pay attention to driving
Vanity plate: DIAMNDSS
On which make and model did you learn to drive, and did you pass your driver's test the first time? My mom's Chevy Cavalier (stick) and yes
Other: I bought this car because I lost my 1982 Z28 in Hurricane Lee in September 2011. To make matters even worse, a picture of my car underwater was on the front cover of the Times Herald-Record the next day. It was a very sad time for myself and my family. We were unable to save my old girl, but I can look at that photo now and I'm OK.


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In Act Like Men, James MacDonald has written this devotional to guide men in becoming the men of God they are called to be. He has written this book for the regular guys and he commonly refers to this guy called Joe Screwdriver. Joe works a job he isn't fulfilled at and he is married with kids. But he is still longing for something more and doing something great. He also has written this book for single guys and he has a straight call to encouraging them to begin pursuing the single women that are available. MacDonald shared the harsh truth that men are in trouble with struggling with sin and temptation and they aren't growing spiritually. One of the main verses of the book is 1 Corinthians 6:13-14 and it talks about standing firm in your faith, acting like men, and living and walking in love.
One of my favorite chapters was entitled, "A Quality Man". This chapter discussed the importance of not living in fear. Many men are afraid of failing at their job, fears rejection, fears being cheated, fears being alone, and being like his father who wasn't a good example of being a dad. MacDonald strongly suggested that we confess our sin of fear and put our trust in our Creator. The chapter also looked at the topic of being angry and how deadly this emotion can affect our lives. The power of forgiveness will greatly change your life if you forgive the person who has hurt you.
I would recommend this awesome book for men to every single man. I liked how James MacDonald wrote this devotional and related to the average man. He knows typically men don't like to read as much as women do. He was very real in how he shared about the different struggles he has dealt with. One of the struggles, he opened up about was lusting at Playboy magazines at a young age. He also shared how this progressed throughout his life and how he was able to get free and stay free. He set up strong boundaries in his marriage to protect himself against temptations. This book taught me a lot about how to live a life that is pleasing to God and how to stand firm and act like a man!
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Novus International's strategy is on track to deliver sustainable growth in the EU enzymes market
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (April 1, 2015)—The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a scientific opinion on Novus International's CIBENZA® EP150 feed additive as a zootechnical feed additive. The authority has concluded the product is safe for target animals, consumers and the environment. It is also effective to enhance the performance of chickens for fattening, chickens reared for laying and other avian species used for meat production, when a reduced protein diet is provided.
CIBENZA® EP150 is a feed additive containing a protease enzyme produced by fermentation of a single strain of naturally-occurring Bacillus licheniformis in combination with spores of the production strain. Formulating diets with CIBENZA® EP150 will allow producers to enhance the digestibility of a broad range of protein sources, thereby allowing flexibility in their utilization and reduction of dietary protein level.
"The positive conclusions from EFSA on CIBENZA® EP150 demonstrate Novus´s innovation capabilities and confirm its commitment to delivering solutions for sustainable animal production," commented Uwe Ranft, Area General Manager, Europe & Middle East at Novus.
Following EFSA's scientific opinion, final EU registration for CIBENZA® EP150 is anticipated in the coming months. The opinion is accessible via: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/doc/4055.pdf
About Novus International, Inc.
Novus International, Inc. is headquartered in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. and serves customers in over 100 countries around the world. A global leader in developing animal health and nutrition solutions, Novus International's products include ALIMET® and MHA® feed supplements, ACTIVATE® nutritional feed acid, ACIDOMIX® preservative premixture, CIBENZA® enzyme feed additive, MINTREX® chelated trace minerals, SANTOQUIN® feed preservative, AGRADO® feed antioxidant and many other specialty ingredients. Stratum Nutrition, a division of Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC, focuses on human nutrition through specialty and functional ingredients for manufacturers of foods, beverages and dietary supplements (www.stratumnutrition.com).
Novus is privately owned by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. and Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. For more information, visit www.novusint.com. ©2015 Novus International, Inc. All rights reserved.


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Serious Entertaining: Four Easy Summer Tartines
Seasonal menu planning for the perfect dinner party.
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Hot on the heels of an all-the-sourdough-in-San-Francisco taste test, I found myself on Wednesday afternoon with six half-eaten loaves of awesome sour dough in the kitchen with very few ideas as to what to do with it. When I'm in need of ideas, I usually head to one of two places: the bath tub or the farmers' market. Luckily for you, this time it was the latter.
Whether you call them tapas or tartines or open-faced sandwiches, there are few greater bangs-for-your-man-hour than toasted bread with olive oil, fresh vegetables and fruits, a bit of cheese and an egg, and a container of my two-minute mayonnaise made with extra garlic. Here's what we got.
Corn, Avocado, and Radish Tartine
This Corn, Avocado, and Radish Tartine starts with corn cooked in olive oil in a hot skillet until deeply charred and caramelized, which intensifies its natural sweetness. The corn is bound with a bit of garlicky mayo, cilantro, and scallions, seasoned with lime juice, then piled onto a slice of toast spread with some mashed avocado. Sliced radishes bring a touch of heat and fresh crunch.
Tomato, Alli-oli, and Chive Tartine
I'm a strong proponent of the Tomato-Mayo-Toast sandwich (the T.M.T., if you will), and this Tomato, Alli-oli, and Chive Tartine is basically just that with a slightly fancied-up appearance. I made mine with a slice of rustic whole wheat sour dough rubbed with garlic and olive oil, toasted, then spread with some homemade garlicky mayonnaise (you can fake it by stirring together some micro-planed garlic, jarred mayo, and good olive oil), and topped it with some of the gorgeous Black Prince heirloom tomatoes I found at the Ferry Plaza farmers' market. A sprinkle of coarse sea salt, some more good olive oil, and a few dollops of extra alli-oli complete it.
Taleggio Cheese and Mission Fig Tartine
Sweet jammy figs are pretty much the perfect accompaniment to a funky, creamy cheese. They're like a fruit preserve already built into a fruit, if you know what I mean. For this Taleggio Cheese and Mission Fig Tartine, I toasted the bread, spread it with Taleggio cheese, layered some sliced figs on top, and threw the whole thing under the broiler until the figs were starting to caramelize and the cheese had melted through.
Kale, Parmesan, and Fried Egg Tartine
I love putting shredded marinated kale on a pizza—it browns and crisps and becomes wonderfully sweet—so why not on a tartine? For this Kale, Parmesan, and Fried Egg Tartine, I toasted the bread, then covered it with as much kale as I possibly could (it shrinks down as it cooks) before broiling it until crisp and topping the whole thing with an egg fried in olive oil and plenty of Parmesan cheese.
Any one of these would make for a great snack or light lunch, or make all four for a fun mix-and-match dinner.
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MIAMI — Feb 20, 2013 — CareCloud, a leading provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health records (EHR), and medical billing software and services, today announced that the company concluded 2012 with its 12th quarter of consecutive revenue growth. Highlights included: the expansion of CareCloud's customer base of medical groups into 45 states; the achievement of more than $1.5 billion in annualized accounts receivables under management; the inclusion of more than 4.5 million patients on its platform; and the addition of key executives, many from its leading competitors. Across the board, accelerating market demand was driven by practices migrating from outdated client-server technologies to the company's modern cloud-based clinical and financial applications and services.
"In just three years, CareCloud has made substantial progress in its mission to replace the outdated core of healthcare technology that burdens US medical groups. We experienced our most rapid growth to date during 2012 and concluded the year with more than 2,000 providers in 45 states representing more than 50 specialties, all while securing a 96% client retention rate," said Albert Santalo, Chairman and CEO of CareCloud. "We also completed a full suite of what is now the industry's most modern and flexible clinical, financial, and administrative applications. Along the way, CareCloud on-boarded smaller practices at a record pace while also securing significant enterprise accounts."
Product and Platform Expansion Support Growth
This past year saw CareCloud make substantial innovations to its core software applications and services. The company launched CareCloud Charts, its cloud-based EHR; introduced its new Mobile Patient Portal offering, enabling patients to access their health records through iPhones and iPads; and invested in operational improvements to help practices implement faster, collect more, and run their operations more efficiently. The launch of Charts completed CareCloud's powerful suite of fully integrated clinical, financial, and administrative applications, accessible by practices 24/7 from any browser, platform, and location. Furthermore, its flexible platform allowed these applications to be made available to practices either as a full suite or on a standalone basis – reflecting a growing market demand.
Company Bolsters Senior Leadership
CareCloud significantly expanded its senior leadership team across sales, marketing, product development, operations, and technology in 2012. The year began with the addition of Brad Blakey as Vice President of Group Sales. Mr. Blakey leads CareCloud's group practice sales efforts, leveraging more than two decades of sales operational experience from leadership positions at Nextgen Healthcare Solutions and athenahealth. With the addition of these executives and a growing national sales team, CareCloud was able to experience tremendous momentum across all its product lines, achieving more than a 300% increase in year over year new sales bookings.
2012 also saw major strides in CareCloud's ability to market its cloud-based solutions, generate qualified leads, and drive overall awareness. Joe Sawyer joined as Vice President of Marketing, bringing significant enterprise software and healthcare-specific marketing experience. Mr. Sawyer had previously worked as Vice President of Marketing for American Well, a Boston-based leader in telemedicine technology, as well as at SAP, Accenture, and Forrester Research.
To fuel product, operational, and technology excellence, CareCloud secured a leader in clinical software applications while expanding its account management and support functions. Edwin Miller joined the company as Vice President of Product Management. Mr. Miller, who most recently held leadership positions at Practice Fusion and athenahealth, is now responsible for the design and rollout of CareCloud's entire product set. In November, Ralph Catalano joined the company as the new Vice President of Operations. He came to CareCloud after spending nearly 10 years at athenahealth where he held various operational leadership positions, including leading all operations. The year concluded with the hiring of John Walsh as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to CareCloud, Mr. Walsh was Senior Vice President, Engineering and Operations for Constant Contact(R), Inc., a leading online marketing company offering email, social media, survey and event marketing tools. He brings unique experience with web-scaling in business-to-business environments that will play a central role in evolving CareCloud's product architecture moving forward.
Santalo continued, "Heading into 2012, it was critical for CareCloud to recruit and assemble some of the most talented and experienced executives both inside and outside of our industry. I feel we now have an unparalleled senior leadership team. It's these leaders and their respective teams that will allow us to continue experiencing tremendous growth in all phases of operations, disrupt legacy healthcare IT vendors, and evangelize the 'cloud' in healthcare."
Physicians Making the Switch to the "Cloud"
In 2012, 93 percent of CareCloud's new customers signed up because they were looking to replace outdated practice management and billing systems, feeling it was critical to maintaining their financial success. During the past year, the government implemented a series of regulations that significantly impact the way doctors and their staffs administer care and gain reimbursement. As a result, these practices discovered that their previous systems – many developed in the 1980s and 1990s – would not easily accommodate the changes.
"As a medical clinic supporting a continuing care retirement community, our patients' healthcare needs range from routine wellness visits to traditional primary care, as well as coordination with external specialists. This requires us to have the best possible care coordination in place. Having the latest technology to assist us is critical," said Bill Cohen, Director of the Horizon House Medical Clinic, Seattle, Washington.
"Our clinic needs to stay as current as possible with the changing reimbursement requirements relating to Medicare and other commercial insurance. We found that our client server electronic health record and practice management system was cost prohibitive and the outsourced management of the system was insufficiently responsive to our needs," added Cohen. "Our switch to a cloud-based system has already allowed us to cut costs while positioning our clinic to stay current with changes in the healthcare system that impact both us and our patients."
In late 2012, CareCloud made available a guide designed to assist care providers and their staff through the process of assessing practice management needs, finding a new practice management and billing software system, and successfully replacing old systems. The intention was to educate and assist physician practices as they look to learn more about cloud-based technologies.
This white paper and practice management guide, "Time to Switch: Your Complete Guide to Practice Management System Replacement" is available online and marks the beginning of a series of forthcoming market research and analysis focused on improving practice profitability.


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The First COMMUNIA Conference 2008 is scheduled for Monday 30 June and Tuesday 1st July 2008 in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (30 km south of Brussels). It is co-organized by the Communia Thematic Network and the GICSI-EU initiative.
The main theme is the Assessment of economic and social impact of digital public domain throughout Europe.
The Conference aims at initiating a "stock taking exercise" of the impact of public domain initiatives in the fields of public sector information, libraries, archives, scientific research and creative works in Europe. The event is mainly aimed at promoting the public domain by building capacity for scientific assessment of social and economic impacts, and promoting analysis of legal impediments. The conference will draw upon the extensive information on open access practices that is available, although often in an informal manner, within major networks and stakeholders in Europe.
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text: Pubdate: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 Source: Johnston Sun Rise (RI) Copyright: 2012 Beacon Communications Contact: http://www.johnstonsunrise.net/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/5185 Author: Kim Kalunian RI LEGISLATORS AIM TO OUTLAW SYNTHETIC, LEGALIZE ORGANIC MARIJUANA When state legislators convene after the first of the year, they will again face a bill to legalize organic marijuana and a new measure to ban its synthetic counterpart. Representative Edith Ajello (D-Dist. 3, Providence) is the sponsor of legislation for the third session in a row that would legalize pot in Rhode Island, while Rep. Joseph McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) is drafting legislation to ban the sale of synthetic marijuana and bath salts. Ajello's bill, which would make marijuana legal and impose restrictions on the sale of the drug similar to those for alcohol, was heard last year in committee but was never voted on. Ajello said she's unsure if it will make it to a vote this session either. Ajello said legalizing marijuana would reduce criminal activity, both in Mexico, where the drug is harvested and exported, and here, where it's sold illegally on the street. Ajello said her biggest concern is making sure children and teens don't have easy access to it, something she sees as being a problem now. Quality control and regulations of both the manufacturing and sale of the drug would eliminate street sales and prevent young people from getting their hands on it, said Ajello. She also sees it as a potential revenue source for the state. "It could be taxed at both the wholesale and retail point," she said. Ajello said polls show people have the same opinion about marijuana as they do about alcohol: if used responsibly, they're both safe. A Rasmussen poll released in the spring showed 56 percent of Americans favor legalizing pot, which is up considerably from a Pew Research Poll conducted in 2010 showing 41 percent support. Although marijuana legalization is traditionally unpopular with Republicans, Rep. Brian Newberry, the House Minority Leader, will again co-sponsor the bill. Ajello said Newberry's co-sponsorship is a "measure of the breadth of support" the bill has received. Because she's not sure if the bill will be put to a vote this session, Ajello isn't putting a timeframe on the legalization of marijuana in Rhode Island. She said she could see it being a ballot referendum but is sure the question would be wordy and lengthy. She thinks that, especially in the wake of Colorado's and Washington's legalization of marijuana, more and more states will legalize the drug. But Rep. McNamara says Rhode Island still has "a long way to go" when it comes to legalizing pot. He said it was a 10-year process to come to the current terms for medical marijuana and sees a similar long road ahead for the drug's legalization. He said he would have to have a variety of questions answered about specific regulations of the drug before he would vote in favor of the bill. So while Ajello is working to make organic marijuana legal, McNamara is striving to ensure that synthetic pot is not. He said he was inspired to draft this legislation when two students at the Pawtucket school he works at were caught smoking. When he confronted them, they confessed they had been smoking K2. "I Googled it," said McNamara of the alphanumerical drug name. "I thought [the students] were talking about a peak in the Himalayas. I was shocked to find it was a very dangerous form of synthetic marijuana," he said. K2 is popular because it doesn't show up in drug tests and it's easy to obtain. McNamara's students plainly explained to him, "It's legal." "It's sold up and down Warwick Avenue," he said. That's what he wants to put an end to. In July 2012 President Barack Obama signed into law a federal ban on bath salts and synthetic cannabis, as well as other compounds that produce similar affects. Both bath salts and synthetic pot are currently listed as Schedule I drugs, or those without a known medicinal purpose that are highly abused. Still, manufacturers of such drugs come up with new chemical combinations extremely frequently, and by skirting around the precise combination of chemicals currently deemed illegal, they create a loophole through which to legally sell and distribute the drugs they concoct. McNamara said the key is changing the language on the books. "The bill would prohibit the sale of a substance with a chemical structure similar to that of a controlled substance and is specifically designed to produce the effect of the controlled substance," he said. Basically, by creating an umbrella that covers all synthetic forms of recreational drugs, McNamara believes Rhode Island can crack down on the sale of such substances once and for all. McNamara, who serves as the chairman for the House Committee on Health, Education and Wellness, said he has been doing some research into these manmade drugs. Unlike prescription or over-the-counter medications, regulations for manufacturing synthetic marijuana and bath salts are ersatz. McNamara said that, in the case of synthetic marijuana, manufacturers take an innocuous weed and spray it with the chemical they've created to achieve the desired high. But sometimes, parts of the weed receive a higher concentration of the chemical than others, making it hard for the user to control their intake of the drug. He also said some experts have found that the strength of these synthetic products can be up to 100 times more powerful than organic THC, the compound found in cannabis. Many of these synthetic substances are marketed and sold as "herbal incense," "potpourri" or "botanical sachet" at convenience stores and gas stations. The packaging on these legal synthetic drugs is slightly different from the potpourri sold at home decor stores, and synthetic cannabinoids are often sold by the ounce or gram. But unlike its organic counterpart, synthetic marijuana has been known to cause violence, deliriousness, high blood pressure, vomiting, serious health complications and even death. McNamara said those with a certain genetic predispositions are more vulnerable to such side effects. He said one of his students began using synthetic marijuana and had to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital. "He'll never be the same," he said. "It's just a tragedy." McNamara plans to draw inspiration from a 2011 New Jersey statute with language that accounts for all newly reconfigured drugs. 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This past winter was the first for my flock of chickens. The previous spring I hatched them in my house and raised them in a kids plastic swimming pool until the weather warmed up enough that they could move outside to their newly built coop. They spent the entire summer grazing in the yard, taking dust baths, and enjoying scraps from the kitchen. What a life!
That is, until we received RECORD snowfall this past winter. Blizzard after blizzard amounted in almost 6 feet in January alone (previously unheard of in southern CT). Unfortunately, the snowfall came as even more of a shock to the chickens. They complained endlessly for freedom and fresh grass, but couldn't bring themselves to step out of the coop into the white abyss. No amount of coaxing with scratch or gentle encouragement could change their mind. And they were not to be fooled by the hay I lined the paths with in an attempt to convince them there was solid ground.
Thankfully, I've always found my girls to be more creative than I give them credit for.
My Blue Andalusian hen finally mustered up the courage to fly all the way from the coop to the top of my neighbor's car.
And one of my Golden Lakenvelders decided it would be best to hitch a ride, flying up onto my shoulder.
Though she eventually realized there was a much better view from my head.
Needless to say, the flock eventually "warmed up" to the idea of snow.
And even realized the joys of eating it! Free snow cones? Hooray! Though I can't imagine what that brain freeze felt like...
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We love having family and friends over for BBQs.
We love playing a game of catch with a ball by the beach.
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The TRANSROMANICA European Cultural Route invites you on a journey through time to the age of Romanesque art. Approximately 1200 km in length, the route runs through Germany, the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia in particular, as well as Italy, Austria, Serbia, Portugal, Romania and Spain. The route is rich in historical, Romanesque cultural artifacts and offers insights into medieval life in the Western World.
A medieval treasure trove, the TRANSROMANICA European Cultural Route tempts visitors to take a journey through the years 900 to 1250 AD. World-class attractions, countless UNESCO World Heritage Sites and an overflowing events calendar make this route one of the most worthwhile destinations for cultural and city tourists.
A Europe brought together by the Romanesque
For God and Emperor: this is how the architectural style of the Romanesque could be described. Between the years 900 and 1250 AD, many of the most beautiful ecclesiastical buildings, and even so-called secular buildings, were constructed in the Romanesque style, which is characterised by its typical semi-circular arches over the portals and windows, cross vaults, porticos, mountain-like brickwork and squat towers. The Romanesque sought to demonstrate the omnipotence of God and the Emperor and as such, all the buildings are massive in size and lavishly decorated.
An art movement for the medieval Western World
Relics of the Romanesque period such as churches, abbeys and royal courts hold a particular fascination for visitors. Along this route, the churches' and abbeys' often glorious settings, and the sense of magic and tranquility that they invoke, truly comes to the fore.
Historical parks and gardens
The TRANSROMANICA European Cultural Route also includes historically important parks in the region of Saxony-Anhalt, the so-called "Garden Dreams" which also form part of the Romanesque Route. The German section of the TRANSROMANICA Route alone offers countless opportunities to make a detour to one of these beautiful gardens which, with their sweeping garden vistas interspersed with buildings, sculptures and landscaped gardens, are an eternal fascination to visitors.
The Romanesque, pilgrims, wine and music
The cultural and historical significance of the unique Saale-Unstrut wine-growing region is palpable to those who wander through it, as this is where, over 1,000 years ago, the Ottonian Empire indulged its penchant for viticulture. Here you can also find out how the music and song of the "Holy Halls" of the Romanesque period would have sounded. In the Romanesque period, pilgrimages were one of the most common forms of travel, and although visitors along the TRANSROMANICA are free to choose their path, they can nevertheless be considered the rightful descendents of these medieval pilgrims.
Length: approximately 1200 km
Theme: arts, nature, Romanesque, history, architecture
Drübeck: monastery
Mount Falkenstein: castle, falconry centre
Goseck: the Goseck Circle sun observatory (Sonnenobservatorium)
Halberstadt: treasury
Havelberg: St. Mary's Cathedral (St. Marien-Kathedrale), abbey
Magdeburg: castle, abbey
Merseburg: cathedral, castle, chapter house
Naumburg: cathedral, donor figures
Quedlinburg: old quarter, collegiate church (Stiftskirche), treasury
Querfurt: castle
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